Butter Tart (Without the Raisins) Bars

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Ingredients

1/4 cup softened butter (or you can use a vegan butter)
1/4 cup softened shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup gluten free flour blend (I suggest the Compliments gluten free flour blend or Bob’ s Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free flour blend)
2 large eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp good vanilla
1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1 cup finely chopped almonds, pecans or walnuts
Pinch of salt
1 tsp gluten free baking powder
2 tbsp gluten free flour blend (I suggest the Compliments gluten free flour blend or Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free flour blend)
1/2 cup gluten free butterscotch chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a 8×8 square pan with parchment paper.
In a stand mixer or bowl add the softened butter, shortening and brown sugar and mix well.
Add the flour and on low speed mix. Mixture should be a bit crumbly. If not add 1-2 Tbsp more of the flour.
Press batter evenly in the square pan.
Bake in oven for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven.
In a medium bowl beat the eggs with a hand mixer until they are light and fluffy.
Add the brown sugar, vanilla, coconut, salt, baking powder, gluten free flour and nuts and mix on medium speed.
Spread the mixture evenly on the first layer and place back in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until it is golden brown.
Remove from oven and sprinkle the butterscotch chips over the bars.
Cool completely.

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Butter Tarts.

You either love them or you don’t. For most people it has to do with the raisins.

For me, if I am going to go through all the work of making gluten free tart shells and then making the filling I am going with raisins. It just doesn’t seem to fit without them. However I love the filling and crust of a butter tart so I thought why cannot I make 8×8 square pan with just the filling and crust?

So I did!